[PATCH wireguard-tools v4 2/3] ipc: linux: remove user-space netdevice filtering

Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen ast at fiberby.net
Thu Mar 12 21:44:00 UTC 2026


Since the devices are now filtered kernel-side, we can remove
the code for filtering in user-space.

This breaks device listing for kernels earlier than Linux v4.6,
device-specific commands will continue to work.

Despite the subject prefix, this patch also applies to the
embeddable C library, so the two implementations stay in sync.

Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast at fiberby.net>
---
 contrib/embeddable-wg-library/wireguard.c | 16 ++--------------
 src/ipc-linux.h                           | 16 ++--------------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/embeddable-wg-library/wireguard.c b/contrib/embeddable-wg-library/wireguard.c
index 7ac0d6c..eff441b 100644
--- a/contrib/embeddable-wg-library/wireguard.c
+++ b/contrib/embeddable-wg-library/wireguard.c
@@ -892,25 +892,13 @@ static int string_list_add(struct string_list *list, const char *str)
 
 struct interface {
 	const char *name;
-	bool is_wireguard;
 };
 
-static int parse_linkinfo(const struct nlattr *attr, void *data)
-{
-	struct interface *interface = data;
-
-	if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_INFO_KIND && !strcmp(WG_GENL_NAME, mnl_attr_get_str(attr)))
-		interface->is_wireguard = true;
-	return MNL_CB_OK;
-}
-
 static int parse_infomsg(const struct nlattr *attr, void *data)
 {
 	struct interface *interface = data;
 
-	if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_LINKINFO)
-		return mnl_attr_parse_nested(attr, parse_linkinfo, data);
-	else if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_IFNAME)
+	if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_IFNAME)
 		interface->name = mnl_attr_get_str(attr);
 	return MNL_CB_OK;
 }
@@ -924,7 +912,7 @@ static int read_devices_cb(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *data)
 	ret = mnl_attr_parse(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), parse_infomsg, &interface);
 	if (ret != MNL_CB_OK)
 		return ret;
-	if (interface.name && interface.is_wireguard)
+	if (interface.name)
 		ret = string_list_add(list, interface.name);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/src/ipc-linux.h b/src/ipc-linux.h
index c56fede..45bb55c 100644
--- a/src/ipc-linux.h
+++ b/src/ipc-linux.h
@@ -29,25 +29,13 @@
 
 struct interface {
 	const char *name;
-	bool is_wireguard;
 };
 
-static int parse_linkinfo(const struct nlattr *attr, void *data)
-{
-	struct interface *interface = data;
-
-	if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_INFO_KIND && !strcmp(WG_GENL_NAME, mnl_attr_get_str(attr)))
-		interface->is_wireguard = true;
-	return MNL_CB_OK;
-}
-
 static int parse_infomsg(const struct nlattr *attr, void *data)
 {
 	struct interface *interface = data;
 
-	if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_LINKINFO)
-		return mnl_attr_parse_nested(attr, parse_linkinfo, data);
-	else if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_IFNAME)
+	if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_IFNAME)
 		interface->name = mnl_attr_get_str(attr);
 	return MNL_CB_OK;
 }
@@ -61,7 +49,7 @@ static int read_devices_cb(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *data)
 	ret = mnl_attr_parse(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), parse_infomsg, &interface);
 	if (ret != MNL_CB_OK)
 		return ret;
-	if (interface.name && interface.is_wireguard)
+	if (interface.name)
 		ret = string_list_add(list, interface.name);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
-- 
2.53.0



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